In last week’s homecoming against Central Arkansas, Lamar head football coach Ray Woodard honored Texas football legend Bum Phillips.

The legendary former Houston Oilers coach passed away at the age of 90 the night before. The following day, Woodard paid homage to Phillips by wearing blue jeans and cowboy boots during the game.

Earlier this week, Woodard explained his decision to honor Phillips.

“I was actually coming back from the Nederland and PNG game when I got the news,” said Woodard. “It was a blow. It was somebody that meant a lot to a lot of us here in the community. I’ve known him and Wade forever. I was thinking of what I could do and I thought it was appropriate. I have never worn blue jeans and boots at a game before but I just it was the right thing to do.”

A memorial service for former Houston Oilers Coach Bum Phillipswill be held at Lakewood Church on October 29, 2013 at 7:30 pm.

Murrill’s hair style impresses Bradley

Lamar senior defensive end Mark Murrill recently trimmed a few inches off of his beard due to it being pulled during games. Murrill didn’t stop there as the defensive leader also cut the hair off on the sides of his head. According to his friend and teammate Jesse Dickson, the new look makes him look like a character off the History Channel program “Vikings.”

“I think it is pretty cool you know,” said Bradley. “It’s Mark. If it was anybody else it would probably look stupid but on Mark it looks good.”

The Grambling situation

As the Grambling State football team protested the conditions of the historic program’s facilities last week, the Lamar Cardinals became a minor part of the story.

In a letter from obtained by ESPN from Grambling State players, members of the Tigers team mention the Lamar football team. The Cardinals played at Grambling back on September 28th and according to the letter, Lamar did not go into the locker room for halftime because of the conditions of the facilities stating, “When Lamar University came to play our team they refused to go in the locker room for half time due to the mold and mildew.”

When asked if this was true, Lamar head coach Ray Woodard responded by saying the following, “It had nothing to do with the conditions of the locker room. It was just a coach’s decision.”